Persisting issues with the most recognized building material health risks

Petrović, Emina Kristina

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“…That is why, as noted in Section 3.2, regime changes take at least 25-50 years, or at least one generation. Other reviews of significant changes of common practices suggest this might take even longer [111]. The key is to persist in assembling elements which are needed for preconditions for accelerated change, so that the chasm and the tipping point can arrive sooner and take a faster form.…”

Section: Discussion Of the Sustainability Transition Framework (Stf)mentioning

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Sustainability Transition Framework: An Integrated Conceptualisation of Sustainability Change

Petrović

2023

Sustainability

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Responding to calls for climate action, this article develops and introduces a Sustainability Transition Framework (STF), which is a high-level interpretation of the complex dynamics dominating the current historical moment characterised by an aspiration for accelerated climate action and challenges with implementing change. This STF brings together and integrates a set of theories about change which were developed in different disciplines and not commonly discussed at the same time. The four key theories are: (1) sustainability transitions, transition management and related theories which consider the necessary change in sociotechnical regimes; (2) diffusion of innovation theory, which provides a high-level overview of patterns with uptake of innovation; (3) a change curve which explains complex emotional experiences when facing organisational change; and (4) a conceptualisation of the style cycle, which is commonly used in the history of art and architecture. These are visually depicted and integrated into a novel STF diagram. The STF presents one of the most comprehensive integrations of currently available knowledge on how change happens, which is essential for accelerated climate action. The STF helps understand individual or social group experiences. Through an improved understanding of the sustainability transition, the STF empowers climate action.

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Sustainability Transition Framework: An Integrated Conceptualisation of Sustainability Change

Petrović

2023

Sustainability

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“…It has already been shown that for some well-recognised risks, such as lead and asbestos, medical understanding of the biological responses continued long after the initial bans of use of these substances [67]. More sophisticated understanding of the cellular processes, genetic and hormonal changes tend to complement older knowledge which has already established acute toxicity responses.…”

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Improving the Healthiness of Sustainable Construction: Example of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

Petrović

Hamer

2018

Buildings

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Abstract:With the increasing emphasis on sustainable construction, it has become important to better understand the impacts of common materials. This is especially paramount with the introduction of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which call for more comprehensive evaluations, adding many aspects of social consideration to the issues of environmental sustainability, including human health. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)/vinyl can be seen as a material with potential for significant adverse effects on a multiplicity of levels, and the construction industry is its single most significant consumer. This article presents a transdisciplinary review of adverse health impacts associated with PVC showing a number of issues: some that could be eliminated through design, but also some which appear inherent to the material itself and therefore unavoidable. The totality of issues revealed in relation to PVC presents a compelling case for a call for complete elimination of use of this material in sustainable construction.

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Principles for Evaluations of Healthiness of New Materials

Petrović

2017

Handbook of Ecomaterials

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Persisting issues with the most recognized building material health risks

Cited by 4 publications

References 56 publications

Sustainability Transition Framework: An Integrated Conceptualisation of Sustainability Change

Sustainability Transition Framework: An Integrated Conceptualisation of Sustainability Change

Improving the Healthiness of Sustainable Construction: Example of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

Principles for Evaluations of Healthiness of New Materials

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